Tom Waits - Martha

Intro: D  A7  D  A7  Bm  A  G   D  A7  D  A7  Bm  A  G   
     
     
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Operator, number please, it's been so many years.    
D        A7     D      A7    Bm      A         G    
She'll remember my old voice while I fight the tears.    
D      B7            Em      A7       D       B7      Em     A7    
Hello, hello there.  Is this Martha?  This is ol' Tom Frost.      
D    B7      Em   A7              Bm    A         G    
I am calling long distance, don't worry about the cost.    
D         B7       Em       A7        D       B7       Em    A7    
It's been fourteen years or more now; Martha, please recall,    
    D       B7      Em     A           Bm   A        G    
And meet me out for coffee where we'll talk about it all.    
     
Chorus:    
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And those were days of roses, of poetry and prose    
            Bm            G               Em  A   D    G    
And Martha, all I had was you and all you had was me.    
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There was no tomorrow, we packed away our sorrows    
       Bm               G  A  D     G    D  A7  D  A7  Bm  A  G    
And we saved them for a rainy day.    
     
     
Verse -same chords as before-:    
I feel so much old now, you're much older too.    
How's the husband, how's the kids?     
You know that I got married too.    
Lucky that you found someone who makes you feel secure.    
We were all so young and foolish, now we are mature.    
     
Chorus:    
D                      G         D          G    
And those were days of roses, of poetry and prose    
            Bm            G               Em  A   D    G    
And Martha, all I had was you and all you had was me.    
D              G          D               G    
There was no tomorrow, we packed away our sorrows    
       Bm               G  A  D     G    D  A7  D  A7  Bm  A  G    
And we saved them for a rainy day.    
     
     
Verse -same chords as before-:    
I was always so impulsive, guess that I still am.    
All that really mattered then was that I was a man.    
Guess that our bein' together wasn't meant to be.    
Martha, Martha, I love you, can't you see.    
     
Chorus:    
D                      G         D          G    
And those were days of roses, of poetry and prose    
            Bm            G               Em  A   D    G    
And Martha, all I had was you and all you had was me.    
D              G          D               G    
There was no tomorrow, we packed away our sorrows    
       Bm               G  A  D     G    D  A7  D  A7  Bm  A  G    
And we saved them for a rainy day.    
     
I remember quiet evenings trembling close to you. 
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